TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank is teaming up with Nvidia to create a nationwide artificial intelligence grid by turning its 200,000 base stations into "mini data centers," the telecom carrier said on Wednesday.
Telecom unit to turn its 200,000 base stations into data centers

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, right, shakes hands with Nvidia's Jensen Huang in Tokyo on Nov. 13. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank is teaming up with Nvidia to create a nationwide artificial intelligence grid by turning its 200,000 base stations into "mini data centers," the telecom carrier said on Wednesday.